Police have arrested the main accused in the murder case of a youth in northwest Delhi’s Mahendra Park area, who was also a witness in the murder case of his friend.

Two other accused, Chotu and Bhola were arrested on December 26 while the main accused, Sadaq, was absconding after the alleged murder.

Sadaq has been arrested now on the basis the CCTV footage from the area, police said.

Jeet, who was allegedly shot dead last week, was the prime witness in the murder case of his friend, Vijay, who was beaten to death by some locals in the month of July. Jeet had been receiving threat calls asking him to back off from the case.

In Vijay’s case, Sandeep and Sadaq’s name had cropped up. Four people were arrested but the duo were on the run, police said.